Canada received 21.1 million international tourists from abroad in 2018, the highest number on record and up 1.2% from the previous record of 20.9 million in 2017, the year of the country's 150th birthday celebrations. This was the fifth consecutive year of growth for international tourist arrivals in Canada and the first year since 2015 that growth in numbers of tourists from the United States (+1.4%) outpaced the increase from overseas countries (+0.8%).

The Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index (TASPI) declined 19.3% in the fourth quarter. The index has decreased in the fourth quarter every year since its inception, as lower seasonal demand typically drives down accommodation prices in the fall and winter.

Trips to Canada by US residents rose 0.7% in November to 2.1 million, as both car and plane travel increased. After adjusting for normal seasonal variation, this was the second-highest monthly total in 2018, after March.

Tourism spending in Canada rose 0.8% in the third quarter, following a 1.1% gain in the second quarter. Increased tourism spending by Canadians at home more than offset decreased spending by international visitors in Canada.

Canadian residents took 78.0 million trips in Canada and abroad during the second quarter, spending $20.3 billion. Almost 9 in 10 of the trips taken by Canadian residents during the spring months involved travel within the country. Just over half (52.2%) of Canadians' overall travel expenditures was spent on domestic trips.

Travellers from abroad made 8.2 million trips to Canada in the second quarter, down 1.8% from the second quarter of 2017. The second quarter of 2017 featured festivities marking both Canada's 150th birthday and the 375th anniversary of Montréal. Despite the decline in the number of travellers from abroad, tourism spending in Canada rose 1.0% to $5.8 billion in the second quarter compared with the same quarter of 2017.